bittock
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bittock
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There's no sense in crossing a bridge till you come to it, and this bridge is still four months and a bittock away.
From The Scotch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
A Scottish mile is reckoned to be two English ones, and the bittock might mean anything—another Scottish mile or two, as the case might be.
From Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) by Various
A mile an' a bittock, a mile or twa, Abune the burn, ayont the law, Davie an' Donal' an' Cherlie an' a', An' the mune was shinin' clearly!
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Hoot toot, lassie, what's the taxes on a bittock o' wild land and useless water?"
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
"There's been but feow o' yer kin, be their fau'ts what they micht, wad forget ony 'at luikit for a kin' word or a kin' deed!—Aggie, lass, ye'll convoy him a bittock, willna ye?"
From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by George MacDonald
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